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For recycling facilities, the holidays can be a real headache.Americans produce about 25% more waste between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, but only…

The stuff we’re throwing into recycling bins is getting so dirty that it’s driving up costs and forcing recycling companies to shut down.In St. Louis,…

As waste processor Resource Management terminates its single stream recycling services, some St. Louis area municipalities will begin sending recyclable…

Updated at 12:10 p.m. Sept. 28 — The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its plan to remove radioactive waste from the West Lake Landfill…

On Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency approved plans to clean up radioactive waste at the West Lake Landfill Superfund site.The agency plans to…

As municipalities in the St. Louis region look for ways to continue single-stream recycling, a regional task force plans to educate residents on how to…

This story was updated Oct. 20 with a response from Republic Services — The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has ordered Bridgeton Landfill LLC…

A special master has allowed the state to proceed with groundwater testing at wells in the portion of the West Lake Landfill where World War II-era…

Samples of radioactive waste at the West Lake Landfill Bridgeton placed in contact with high heat did not increase production of a radioactive gas,…

A federal proposal to remove the Environmental Protection Agency from the helm of remediation efforts at the West Lake Landfill is hitting some opposition…